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third, wavy; fourth, straight; pectoral, colorless; ventral and anal yellow tinged; dorsal yellow, with 

 two blue bands; caudal blue, upper tip yellow, lower tip dusky; round and oval spots ou web. (T.) 



86. Rypticus saponaceus i Bloch & Schneider). 

 t ibtained by Dr. A. G. Mayer. 



Familj PR] U WTHIIi.J-. 



87. Priacanthus cruentatus (Lacepede), 



Not rare. New to the fauna of the United States. 



Family LUTlAXIIf.-E. 



88. Lutianus griseus (Linnaeus). 



Common. 



89. Lutianus jocu (Bloch & Schneider). 

 Found south of the Tortugas. 



90. Lutianus apodus ( Bloch & Schneider). 

 Common. 



91. Lutianus aya (Bloch). 

 Reported by fishermen; not seen. 



92. Lutianus analis ( Cm ier iV; Valenciennes). 

 Caught in Binl Key channel in 8 fathoms. 



93. Lutianus synagris i Linnaeus). 



Isolated individuals, largely in eel grass. (T.) 



94. Ocyurus chrysurus (Bloch). 



Very common. A specimen taken was 22.5 inches long, weighing 3.5 pounds. (T.) 



95. Etelides aquilionaris I < roode & Bean), new genus. Figure 2. 



The species, named but not described as Anihias aquilionaris Goode & Bean, is allied to l-'J 

 Jordan and Evermann have shown. It belongs to a distinct genus, Etelides, and differs from Etelis in 





Fig. 2. — Etelides aquilionaris (Goode & Bean). 



the scaleless jaws, the compressed body, the presence of an opercular spine, and the form of the d< 

 fin. Scales ctenoid; gillrakers long and slender, 15 on lower limb of arch; preopercle entire; teeth 

 very small. 



B.B. F.l'.KM— lti 



